Paine Institute Held Its First Class On January 1, 1884, In Rented Quarters On Broad Street in Augusta, GA. Among The First Group Of Young People Present That Morning Was John Wesley Gilbert, Who Stepped Ahead Of The Others And Enrolled As The...

Dr. Walker (Founder, Teacher And President) Was Elected As A Teacher of Paine Institute, July 17, 1883. He Was Elected To Succeed Dr. Callaway As Second President In 1884, And Remained President Until His Death, May 17, 1911. Under His...

Dr. Morgan Callaway, A Native Of Washington, Georgia; And A Methodist Preacher, Served As President Of Three Colleges In Georgia Before His Election As the First President Of Paine Institute In 1882. Callaway Served Two Years And Resigned In 1884....

Born Into Slavery On July 3, 1842 Near Columbus, Georgia; Bishop Holsey Of The C.M.E. Church And Local Resident Of August, Was the Prime Mover In The Founding Of Pain College. In 1882, As a Fraternal Messenger, He Appeared Before the General...

Women's Missionary Council Of The Methodist Episcopal Church South Funded And Established A Project For Girls As An "Annex" To The Paine Campus In 1902. The Two Industrial Buildings And Bennett Hall Were Part Of The Project.

Women's Missionary Council Of The Methodist Episcopal Church South Was Responsible For The Construction Of Two Frame Buildings For Industrial Work For Girls. The Buildings Contained Classrooms And Equipment For The Teaching Of Cooking, Sewing,...

Date of Construction for Holsey Hall Is Not Known, But For Many Years It Was Listed As The Oldest Buildings On Campus. Holsey Hall Is Named In Honor Of Bishop Lucius H. Holsey. It Was Used As An Elementary School, A Dormitory For Both Men And...

Haygood Hall, The Main Building On Campus, Was Named In Memory Of Bishop A.G. Haygood. It Was A Four Story Brick And Stone Building That Housed The Chapel, Administrative Offices, Library, Classrooms, And Scientific Laboratory. Haygood Hall...

African Art Collection Once Housed In Haygood Hall. The Gentleman In The Photograph Is The Late William Elmo Tabb Who Made The Collection While Doing Missionary Work In The Belgian Congo And Liberia. In The Four Divisions Of The Collection...